235 Million People Play Games on Facebook Every Month

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Chelsea Stark
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235 Million People Play Games on Facebook Every Month
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Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg says 235 million people are playing games on Facebook each month -- proving the platform is a new home for gamers.

Zuckerberg made the remarks at TechCrunch Disrupt Tuesday afternoon, during a live interview with TechCrunch founder Michael Arrington.

Zuckerberg made his point about gaming after talking about what things he was excited about on the Facebook platform. He mentioned that Zynga, who has been struggling lately with falling stock prices and departing executives, was losing market share on the platform, but that other game companies had risen to take its place.

In particular, Zuckerberg mentioned two rising stars by name -- Kixeye and King.com.

By comparison, Microsoft's Xbox Live has about 40 million monthly active users as of the beginning of this year.

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